by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
New healthcare seating collection David Edward has added the Aspen Series to its Healthcare Collection. The Aspen is available in a wing or mini-wing version with a high or low back and tight or loose seat cushions. Upholstered arms or arm caps are also available on...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Palomar Medical Center West Escondido, Ca As has become clear in recent years, the design profession, together with nonprofit groups committed to improving care, has begun to fundamentally change the physical environment of healthcare facilities to achieve better...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
For the fourth year participants in the DESIGN Showcase were asked to discuss the real challenges they faced in developing and executing a design. Going beyond displaying a project’s highlights, many honestly laid out the difficulties they encountered in...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
It isn’t often that this editorial space is devoted to the happenings in another publication, but in this case, the exception is warranted. Vendome Group, publishers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN, have acquired Healthcare Building Ideas magazine, and the first issue...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News, Trends
The newest revision to the Green Guide for Health Care’s (GGHC) Operation Section was recently released amid a handful of studies from various sources declaring that green building will be a bright spot in these hard economic times and might even be an integral...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Project SummaryCompletion Date: November 2008 Owner: HealthEast/St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Paul, MN Owner’s Representative: Boldt Consulting Services, Milwaukee, WI Executive Architect (Architect-of-Record): BWBR Architects, St. Paul, MN Design Architect:...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
The Cleveland Clinic is world renowned for its treatment and service, something that it holds as a significant point of pride. It’s only fitting then, that their art collection be similarly spectacular, something that Joanne Cohen, executive director and curator...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Several trends are becoming increasingly important as baby boomers age and require elder healthcare services. Most patients are increasing the amount of time spent traveling to appointments when primary care physicians request medical tests oriented toward the...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News
Pebble Partners’ commitment to utilize an evidence-based design process within their healthcare building projects is reinforced through the contribution and enthusiasm of their architecture and design teams. Having architecture firms involved, and in many cases,...
by HCD Guest Author | Mar 1, 2009 | News, Trends
One of the more fascinating aspects of publishing a long-term care design annual is the chance it gives us to follow the evolution of design concepts from year to year. Now in its 13th year, DESIGN/Environments for Aging has been tracking the long-term care design...
